Label.



(No Model.)

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J. B. GOULD.

LABEL.

(Application filed Aug. 31, 1898.)

Patented June 27, I899.

lnvenlazz- I I UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

JAMES BARING GOULD, OF WELLINGTON, NEXV ZEALAND.

LABEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 627,920, dated June 27,1899. I

Application filed August 31, 1898. Serial No. 689,940. (No model.)

To all whom; it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES BARING GOULD,

a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at 54 LambtonQuay,Wellington, New Zealand, have invented an Improved Label, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to labels used upon luggage or other articles toindicate the owner or name thereof or for purposes of identification;and the object of the invention is to provide a label which may bereadily affixed and detached, cheap to manufacture, light in weight, andgive ample room for writing an address, name, or description.

I am aware that labehcarriers designed more especially for luggage havebeen made of leather and with a strap and buckle for attaching anddetaching the same. Within such carriers the label proper is insertedand the cost of manufacture is considerable. By my invention the troubleof inserting is avoided and the cost of manufacture materially reduced.

In manufacturing the label I use strong paper, prepared linen, or othersimilar pliable material which may be written -upon. The body of thelabel may be oblong or other suitable shape, and one end is out to forma neck with an enlarged tip. To attach the label, this said neck isfolded around some portion of the article, such as a handle, and thewings forming the enlargement of the tip are folded back upon the neck.When so folded, the tip is passed through a suitable hole formed in thelabel near the root of the neck. The wings are then spread out toeffectually prevent'the withdrawal of the neck, and the point of the tipis tucked into another hole to insure further security'and give a neatfinish and appearance.

A used label may be unfastened for use upon other articles; but when alabel is to remain permanently upon an article the wings may be fasteneddown by any suitable adhesive substance.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of thisspecification, it being understood that the invention is not limited tothe exact details shown, as these may be varied without departing fromthe spirit of my invention.

Figure 1 is an illustration of the label attached to an ordinarytraveling-trunk. Fig. 2 is a view of the label with the neck spreadopen. Fig. 3 shows the same with the fastening of the neck secured. Fig.at is a representation of the fastenings of the neck folded ready forpassing through the body of the label.

Similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout theviews.

The bodyl of the label has one end formed into a neck 2, the tip 3 ofwhich is enlarged by wings 4E, capable of being folded, as shown in Fig.4. The wings in this position'do not increase the width of the neck, butwill readily pass through the slot or hole 5 in the body of the label,and when they are spread out will prevent withdrawal of the neck, asshown in Fig. 3. The pointed tip 3 isthen passed through the slot orhole 6 asafurther security and neatness. The neck may be reinforced byfolding the edges 7 to form a double thickness of material. I

. In affixing the label to an article the neck 2 is passed around anyconvenient part, such as a strap, cord, handle, or bar.

The bottom of the label is perforated, as shown by dotted lines in Figs.2 and 3, and may be torn through at those lines. The

name is written or otherwise delineated upon the body of the label andthe address upon the lowest of the strips 8, 9,10, or 11. When a freshaddress is required, a strip 11, for example, is torn off and strip 10utilized for the new address, and so on until the whole of the stripshave been employed. In this manner a label may be used several times.When the label is intended to remain permanently in position, the wingsa are fastened down to the body of the label by gum, paste, or othersuitable adhesive matter.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my saidinvention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare thatwhat I claim is Y A label formed of an integral piece of flexiof the endof saidpoint, substantially as de- 1'0 ble material, comprising a bodyportion 1, and scribed. a reduced and reinforced neck 2 terminating InWitness whereof I have hereunto set my in adonble-beveledpointShavingoppositelyhand in the presence of two witnesses. disposedwings 44 the said body portion havq ing two parallel cross-slots 5 and 6at the JAMES BAKING GOULD base of said neck, the one for the passage of\Vitnesses: the point and wings, the latter in a folded I E. S. BALDWIN,position, and the other slot for the reception B. E. HUGHES.

